Mining Incidents

Hacker's Creek Mine No 1 Coal

Roblee Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Robert R Jeran
Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608820

Hacker's Creek Mine No 1 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Feb 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
95
citations
21
significant & substantial
$7,872
proposed penalties
$7,872
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,986
inspection hours
4.8
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
95 citations across 1,986 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hacker's Creek Mine No 1 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-09-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Hacker's Creek Mine No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.69 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 316 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.69
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.32
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
316
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-09-23.
Silica (quartz)
5.1
silica avg (%)
11.0
silica max (%)
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-12-06.
Noise
33%
over PEL
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-05-24.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 7,842 2 1 255.0
2005 Q2 7,533 4 1 531.0
2005 Q1 8,179 5 1 611.3
2004 Q4 6,704 4 3 596.7
2004 Q3 7,544 8 1 1060.4
2004 Q2 7,491 11 3 1468.4
2004 Q1 8,123 6 4 738.6
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 6,552 5 1 763.1
2003 Q3 8,179 15 4 1834.0
2003 Q2 9,428 6 1 636.4
2003 Q1 10,477 1 0 95.4
2002 Q4 9,031 3 0 332.2
2002 Q3 10,096 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 10,204 4 0 392.0
2002 Q1 9,909 2 0 201.8
2001 Q4 7,852 2 0 254.7
2001 Q3 8,201 8 0 975.5
2001 Q2 10,495 9 1 857.6
2001 Q1 3,686 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,085 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,160 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 24, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Roblee Coal Company · Struck by falling object

A FATAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED TO EE AS HE WAS RUNNING THRU AN INTERSECTION OF #3 ENTRY IN THE 1 LEFT SECTION. HE HAD BEEN SETTING BREAKER POSTS ON THE PILLARLINE WHEN HE HEARD THE TOP RUMBLING AN D HAD MOVED OUTBY ONE BLOCK AND STARTED THRU THECROSSCUT WHEN REACHING THE INTERSECTION, THE ROOF COLLAPSED ON HIM.

Reportable incidents

7 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2005 · 1 incident

February 14, 2005 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roblee Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee injured his back loading posts by hand into the bucket of a scoop. He finished the shift and continued to work every day until 6/30/05. On 6/30/05 he was operated on for a lumbar disc herniation and/or lumbar stenosis.

2004 · 2 incidents

October 31, 2004 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Roblee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

Roof Fall in intersection of #9 entry of 1 Left off Northeast Mains, one block inby spad #869. Fall was 18' long, 12' wide and 8' high. Fall Was discovered by fireboss prior to working on Sunday night.

February 20, 2004 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roblee Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TAKING A CAP OFF THE HEAD OF A MINER IN THE SHOP, WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF & PULLED ON HIS LEFT ARM. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 10/25/04 WHEN THEY OPERATED ON A TORN MUSCLE IN LEFT ARM

2003 · 2 incidents

October 24, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Roblee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #3 ENTRY AND INTERSECTION, TWO BLOCKS LEFT OF SPAD #257 ON THE 1 LEFT SECTION. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 80 FT LONG, 12 FT WIDE, AND 6 FT HIGH.

August 28, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Roblee Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON #4 BELT, 2 WORKERS WERE LETTING OFF THE COME-A-LONG WHEN THE INJURED GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BY THE COME-A-LONG.

2001 · 2 incidents

June 6, 2001 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Roblee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON THE 001 SECTION IN THE #6 ENTRY INTERSECTION SPAD 162. THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE RRE- SHIFT EXAMINER. THE FALL IS 5-7' HIGH AND MEASURED 25'LONG AND 25'WIDE. THIS FALL IS ON THE WORKING SECTION IN THE LAST OPEN CROSS CUT.

May 18, 2001 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Roblee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE NO. 3 ENTRY AT SPADNO. 70 ON THE NORTH EAST MAIN SECTION WHILE MAK ING THE WEEKLY EXAM ACCORDING TO 75.364. THE ROOF FALL WAS 11 FT LONG, 9 FT WIDE AND 5.5 FT HIGH . THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED 2-10-01. THE FALL WAS DANGERED OFF, CRIBBED AND NOT CLEANED UP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE NOR WAS VENTILATION AFFECTED.

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The full compliance file on Hacker's Creek Mine No 1

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.